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Free Plugin by Irvin Lim v1.3.3

Advanced Custom Fields: reCAPTCHA Field

Prevent spam on your Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) v5 frontend forms with Google reCAPTCHA.

Advanced Custom Fields: reCAPTCHA Field

The facts

Rating
4.2★ from 12
Active installs
800+
Price
Free
Last updated
12 Jan 2019
Added
Jul 2015
Requires WP
3.0.1
Tested up to
WP 4.9.31
Downloads
17,780

Our analysis

AI-assisted

The Advanced Custom Fields: reCAPTCHA Field plugin integrates Google reCAPTCHA with Advanced Custom Fields for use on frontend forms. It helps prevent spam submissions by ensuring that only human users can submit forms. The plugin offers customizable options for reCAPTCHA, including themes and types, and supports ACF's Conditional Logic feature.

This plugin is suitable for developers who use Advanced Custom Fields and want to enhance their frontend forms with spam protection. It requires ACF version 5 and is designed specifically for frontend form applications.

Best for: Developers using Advanced Custom Fields who need to protect frontend forms from spam.

What it does well

  • Integrates Google reCAPTCHA with Advanced Custom Fields
  • Offers customizable reCAPTCHA options
  • Supports ACF Conditional Logic feature
  • Ensures server-side spam protection

Where it falls short

  • Only compatible with ACF version 5
  • Limited information on updates and support

Verdict

This plugin provides a straightforward solution for adding reCAPTCHA to forms, though its compatibility is limited to ACF version 5.

From the developer

Irvin Lim's own description of Advanced Custom Fields: reCAPTCHA Field, lightly tidied.

ACF reCAPTCHA brings Google reCAPTCHA to Advanced Custom Fields, to be used on frontend forms.

Features include:

  • ACF reCAPTCHA Protection ensures that spambots cannot circumvent reCAPTCHA to submit forms on the server-side
  • ACF-compliant client-side validation which prompts the user if reCAPTCHA is not clicked or had expired
  • Customizable reCAPTCHA options, including theme (light/dark), type (image/audio) and size (normal/compact)
  • Compatible with ACF Conditional Logic feature, which allows hiding/showing certain fields until the reCAPTCHA has been passed

For more detailed setup instructions, or to report an issue, please head over to the GitHub repository here.

ACF Frontend Forms

ACF reCAPTCHA is meant to be used only on frontend forms, in order to protect them from spam by spambots.

To create a frontend form programmatically, please view the official documentation on the ACF website here.

ACF Compatibility

ACF reCAPTCHA is currently only compatible with ACF v5 at the moment. If you would like to help to add support for v4, do submit a PR on GitHub.

GitHub

https://github.com/irvinlim/acf-recaptcha

Read the full description on the official page →

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